Prof. Vladimir M. Fridkin

Vladimir M. Fridkin

Head of the Laboratory of Electronic Materials, Institute for Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 59, Moscow 117333

011–70–95–135 1500 (office)

011–70–95–135 1011 (FAX)

EXPERIENCE

• 1967–present Head of the Laboratory of Electronic Materials, Institute of Crystallography
• 1970–1975 Professor of the Physics Department of the Moscow Lomonosov State University
• 1965–1967 Senior Scientist of the Institute of Crystallography
• 1960–1965 Research Scientist of the Institute of Crystallography

EDUCATION

• 1969 Habilitation “Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics,” Institute of Crystallography. Thesis: “Physics of the Electrophotographic Process”
• 1965 Ph.D. in “Physical and Mathematical Sciences,” Institute of Crystallography. Thesis: “New Materials for Electrets”
• 1959 Master's Degree from Physics Department of Moscow State University

VISITING APPOINTMENTS

• 1993-present Visiting Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, U. of Nebraska
• 1993-99 Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, University of Trento, Italy
• 1990 Visiting Professor, Laboratory of Materials Sciences, Pennsylvania State U.
• 1989 Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• 1979 Visiting Professor, Solid State Institute, Tokyo University, Japan

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

• 1989–present Secretary of the Organizing Committee, US–Soviet Ferroelectricity Meetings
• 1973–present Member of the Editorial Board of Ferroelectrics and Ferroelectric Letters
• 1964–present Member of the Russian (formerly USSR) Academy of Sciences Honorary Member of the Society for Technology and Photographic Science of Japan (1985)
• Kozar Memorial Award of the American Photographic Society (1984)

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• Current Fields of Interest: Pyroelectric and Ferroelectric Phenomena, Electroactive Polymers,
• Phase Transformations in Electronic Materials, Nonconventional Photographic Processes
• Discovered Two-Dimensional Ferroelectricity (1997)
• Discovered Optical Sensitization of Polymer Ferroelectrics (1990)
• Discovered the Bulk Photovoltaic Effect in Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (1969)
• Discovered the Tricritical Point in a Ferroelectric Crystal (1968)
• Discovered and investigated the Photostimulated Phase Transitions in Ferroelectrics (1966)
• Developed Electrophotography using photo-electrets (1954)
• Developed Infrared Photography using photoactive materials

RELATED PUBLICATIONS

From over 280 journal publications and 8 books

• “Homogeneous switching in ultrathin ferroelectric films,” R. V. Gaynutdinov, S. G. Yudin, S. Ducharme, V. M. Fridkin, J. Physics: Condensed Matter 24, 15902 (2012).
• “Polarization switching at the nanoscale in ferroelectric copolymer thin films,” R. V. Gaynutdinov, S. Mitko, S. G. Yudin, V. M. Fridkin, S. Ducharme, Applied Physics Letters 99, 142804 (2011).
• “Ferroelectric Nanocrystals and their switching,” V. M. Fridkin, R. Gaynutdinov, S. Ducharme, Physics Uspekhi 53 (2), 199-207 (2010); in Russian, Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk 170 (2), 247-262, (2010).
• “Nanoscale Domain Patterns in Ultrathin Polymer Ferroelectric Films,” P. Sharma, T. J. Reece, D. Wu, V. M. Fridkin, S. Ducharme, A. Gruverman, J. Physics: Condensed Matter 21, 485902 (2009).
• “Polarization switching kinetics of ferroelectric nanomesas of vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer,” R. V. Gaynutdinov, O. A. Lysova, S. G. Yudin, A. L. Tolstikhina, A. L. Kholkin, V. M. Fridkin, S. Ducharme, Applied Physics Letters 95, 023303 (2009); also featured in the Virtual J. of Nanoscale Science and Technology 20 (4), 27 July 2009.
• “Polarization Switching Kinetics at the Nanoscale in Ferroelectric Copolymer Langmuir-Blodgett Films,” R. V. Gaynutdinov, O. A. Lysova, A. L. Tolstikhina, S. G. Yudin, V. M. Fridkin, S. Ducharme, Applied Physics Letters 92, 172902 (2008); also featured in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 17 (9), 2008.
• “Switching Kinetics of Ferroelectric Nanomesas,” C. M. Othon, J. Kim, S. Ducharme, V. M. Fridkin, J. Applied Physics 104, 054109 (2008); Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 18 (12), 22 September 2008.
• “Kinetics of Intrinsic Ferroelectric Switching in Ultrathin Films,” G. Vizdrik, S. Ducharme, V. M. Fridkin, S. G. Yudin, Physical Review B 68, 094113.1-6 (2003).
• “Two-Dimensional Ferroelectrics,” L. M. Blinov, V. M. Fridkin, S. P. Palto, A. V. Bune, P. A. Dowben, S. Ducharme, Physics Uspekhi 170, 243-257 (2000). (Russian, Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk 170, 247-262.) Invited Review.
• “Intrinsic Ferroelectric Coercive Field,” S. Ducharme, V. M. Fridkin, A. V. Bune, S. P. Palto, L. M. Blinov, N. N. Petukhova, S. G. Yudin, Physical Review Lett. 84, 175-8 (2000).
• “Two-Dimensional Ferroelectric Films,” A. Bune, V. M. Fridkin, S. Ducharme, L. M. Blinov, S. P. Palto, A. Sorokin, S. G. Yudin, A. Zlatkin, Nature 391, 874-877 (1998).

COLLABORATIONS AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS

Collaborators, last 4 years: N. R. Ivanov, R. V. Gaynutdinov, A. L. Tolstikhina, K. A. Verkhovskaya, S. P. Palto, Institute of Crystallography, Moscow; S. Adenwalla, A. Gruverman, J. M. Takacs (U. Nebraska); A. V. Sorokin, Ivanovo (Russia) State University; A. L. Kholkin, University of Aveiro, (Portugal); H. Kliem, U. Saarland (Germany), S. V. Kalinin (Oak Ridge National Lab); H. Kohlstedt U. Kiel (Germany); H. Kliem, U. Saarland; J. Y. Li (U. Washington); S. M. Nakhmanson (Argonne National Lab).

Former Students, last 10 years: E. Dubovik, G. Vizdrik, A. Ievlev